Casio EXILIM EX-H15

“Performance is quite slow however, and image quality is not as good as the previous EX-H10 model.”

We’ve added another Casio Exilim EX-H15 [UK QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

TrustedReviews has published their review of the Casio Exilim EX-H15, a compact ultra zoom with 14.1M resolution (on a 1/2.3-in. square pixel CCD), 10x ultra wide-angle optical zoom (24-240mm equiv.), 3.0-in. LCD (460k-dot), Premium Auto, Dynamic Photo, Art Shot, Intelligent Color, 1,000 shots on a single full charge, and HD Movie 1280x720p @ 24fps.

You can read the full Casio EX-H15 Review at: TrustedReviews.

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An app called Shutter Snitch allows you to wirelessly transfer images to your iPad from your Eye-Fi card, Canon, Nikon or other file transmitter that supports uploading to an FTP server over your wireless network. Rob Galbraith reports on how he is using Shutter Snitch to integrate the iPad into his workflow.

Read the article at: Rob Galbraith.

Google Infographics

The name itself is derived from the word googol, which is a 1 followed by 100 zeros.

Google started in 1996 with 25 million pages in its index; today it has approx. 40 billion indexed pages (equivalent to 24 petabytes of info), with 1.5 billion of those images. It takes Google’s computers 0.5 seconds to sift through them all and return relevant matches to your search. How much storage is needed to store all that info? About 1 exabyte.

Google needs $8.3 billion every year to operate. Google’s founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page each earns $1 a year. However, before you feel bad for them, their personal fortune in Google stocks each amounts to $17.5 billion. Google is extremely profitable, averaging $400,000 per employee. Only dog lovers need apply; though dogs are allowed in the offices, cats are persona non grata. Google’s first tweet was “I’m feeling lucky” typed out in binary ones and zeros (“I’m 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010″). Google may not like it, but its name is officially a verb “to google” in the Merriam and Webster and Oxford dictionaries since 2006.

How much does Google want to grow to? It’s goal is to index 100 petabytes of information (wonder if it will change its name then to “Peta”), which is about half of all the material ever printed in human history.

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Classroom is a 3D computer generated scene which uses flythrough animation to explore the scene in greater detail.

Classroom (3D camera flythrough) from Studio Aiko on Vimeo.

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Here’s the Behind the Scenes:

Classroom Scene – THE MAKING OF from Studio Aiko on Vimeo.

Visit the site to see other versions of the video:

• daylight version
• night version
• camera flash version
• etc.

And if perchance you have one of these cardboard 3D glasses lying around, here is the 3D version:

Classroom (3D camera flythrough) * 3D Glasses Version * from Studio Aiko on Vimeo.

Think Tank 5th Anniversary Photo Contest

Think Tank Photo Contest Offers $5,000 Grand Prize

Professional photographer camera bag company Think Tank Photo is celebrating its Fifth Anniversary by hosting a multi-level photo contest that offers a $5,000 Grand Prize and multiple first place, second place , third place, and honorable mention prizes.

There are four categories:
(1) What does urban, gritty, or edgy mean to you?
(2) The most creative, interesting, or unique “What’s In Your Bag” shot
(3) The most creative, interesting, or unique shot of photographers wearing/using Think Tank gear
(4) Any photo the entrant believes portrays Think Tank Photo’s “Be Ready ‘Before the Moment’” theme.

There is no fee required for entering and, as far as we can ascertain, no rights grab of your photos.

Contest ends: November 30, 2010 @ 11:59 pm (PST)

To enter click on the “CONTEST” tab on Think Tank Photo’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/thinktankphoto

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Here is this week’s (Sep 4-10, 2010) digital camera review roundup:

• PhotographyBLOG highly recommends the Panasonic DMC-LX5 [Specs] for “DSLR owners looking for a ‘snapshot on steroids’ as a pocket-sized back-up.“
• Looking for a good and inexpensive digital camera for a child? TrustedReviews rates the Casio EX-Z550 [QuickPrice Check] as “a well-made [...] ultra-compact offering [...] reliable results in most lighting conditions.“
• For an affordable basic, first-timer point-and-shoot, TrustedReviews finds the Kodak EasyShare M530 [QuickPrice Check] slow but “the overall level of [image] detail is excellent, and the dynamic range is better than some more expensive models.“
• PhotographyBLOG recommends the Sony Alpha NEX-3 [QuickPrice Check] “for more novice users on a budget, [...] the Sony NEX-3 makes a logical step-up model from smaller-sensored compacts.“
• Pentax announced the Optio RS1000 with skins, RZ10 and K-r DSLR.
• For more camera reviews, to get a second opinion, and just to read the best reviews on the Web, visit our Reviews Matrix.

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Yet Another Fish Swam Away With My Camera Story.

Its getting a little too frequent, if you ask me, all the stories of octopus, turtle and what not grabbing a photographer’s camera or video camera and swimming away with it. This time, it’s a manta ray.

From IntoTheDrinkTV

It almost looks staged but Nick, Writer and Producer who was at the shoot, assures us it’s definitely not. Cool video!

You can watch more adventure videos at: IntoTheDrink.

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